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From: kermit-support@columbia.edu (Kermit Software Support)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit for micro/rsx v3.1 base level 24C
Date: 11 Jul 1997 12:05:15 -0700
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References: Your message of Fri, 11 Jul 1997 17:37:58 +0100
Reply-To: kermit-support@columbia.edu
Xref: news.columbia.edu comp.protocols.kermit.misc:7317
> I've just mailed a query onto the newsgroup, but one answer I've had
> from mailing to another e-mail discussion group included some nice,
> simple to follow instructions. However, I need to update my DEC version.
> I need to try and get hold of T3.60 for micro/rsx to be sure I have all
> the same conditions as my colleague to have most confidence in his
> instructions working (I currently have T3.50).
>
Yes, T3.60 is the latest one, but it is by no means recent, and the author is
long gone. Pesonally, I haven't laid eyes on RSX in over 20 years. Although
the RT-11 and RSTS versions of Kermit-11 are still getting some development
and support, the RSX version has not been updated since 1989.
> He directed me to
> ftp://ftp.columbia.edu/kermit/b/, where I became overwhelmed by the
> choice of files to download. I was looking for k11pos.tsk...
>
That might be for P/OS but not RSX. Or maybe not.
> ... as mentioned
> in k11fil.doc, but there didn't seem to be any file of that name there.
>
The kermit/b area contains on text files (source code and documentation).
All the prebuilt binaries are in the kermit/bin area.
> 1) Am I just missing seeing it??
> 2) Do I have to build it out of other files which are there?
> 3) If 2, then do you have any simple instructions on which files I need
> to download?
>
Nothing is ever as simple as we'd like it to be. As you can see, we have
quite a lot of Kermit-11 binaries in the kermit/bin area. The most sense I
have ever been able to make out of them is as follows (from the kermit/bin
READ.ME file):
k11.tsk - PDP-11 Kermit 3.60 for RSTS/E 8.0 or later
k11nrs.tsk - Ditto, but not linked with RMSRES
k11id.tsk - Ditto, but uses I&D space
k11idm.tsk - PDP-11 Kermit 3.60 for RSX11M+ or Micro/RSX
k11pos.tsk - PDP-11 Kermit 3.60 for RSX11M+, Micro/RSX, or P/OS
k11rsx.tsk - PDP-11 Kermit 3.60 for RSX, not linked with RMSRES
k11sml.tsk - PDP-11 Kermit 3.60 RSX11M, small executable, tightly overlaid
k11xm.sav - PDP-11 Kermit 3.60 for RT11 XM and TSX+
(Note: of these, only the RSX versions are current -- there are new sets of
files for RT and RSTS.)
I'd love to see the RSX version updated, and there is definitely some strong
(but sporadic) interest in having a fixed-up and updated version, but to date
nobody has been able to do the job. I'm copying this to the DEC newsgroup
in case it turns up any hitherto unknown RSX aficionados.
- Frank